Garter belt



June 5, 1951 I P. LAZARE 2,555,892

GARTER BELT Filed June 8, 1948 INVENTOR. Paul lazare ATTORA/E).

Patented June 5, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,555,892 GARTER. BELT Paul Lazare, New York, N. Y.

Application June 8, 1948, Serial No. 31,631

1 Claim.

This invention is an improvement in supporters for garments; and particularly a supporter to be attached to the tops of stockings.

An important object of my invention is to provide a hose supporter that is comfortable and effective in all positions of the wearer and can be secured to the body independently of other articles of apparel.

A further object is to provide a hose supporter that engages the body securely but without gripping, and still allows free and easy movement of the legs and other parts.

The nature and advantages of the invention are made clear in the following description and the novel features are pointed out in the claim. But the disclosure is explanatory only and variations in details may be adopted without deviation from the general design of the article.

On the drawings,

Figure 1 shows the supporter as it appears when put on; the view being from the front.

Figure 2 is a similar view seen from the rear, and

Figure 3 shows a complete plan of the supporter on an enlarged scale.

The supporter is designed to have the form and mode of operation of a garter belt and to be worn by securing it easily about the waist. It is made up of two diverging strips of elastic forming a pair of strips l and 2 attached to each other at one end; and two other divergent strips 3 and 4 similarly connected together at one end. The united ends of the strips are at the tops thereof. The strips 2 and 4 are longer; they are between the other two strips at their upper portions and they intersect adjacent their mid points and are secured together there as indicated at 5. The remaining two strips'are of such length and in such position that the strip I crosses the strip 4 near the opposite extremity thereof and is sewed thereto as indicated at 6. The strip 3 similarly crosses the strip 2 and is attached as shown at 6 to the latter. The strips 2 and 4 thus intersect each other and the strips 3 and l respectively, while the strips 1 and 3, though they approach each other do not meet at any point along their lengths. On the free or lower ends of the four strips are the garment fasteners 1 to engage the stockings at two points on each stocking near the top.

The united ends of the pair of strips l and 2 are sewed to a strip 8 of stout cloth with overturned hemmed edges. The strip 8 is provided with eyelets 9 between the hemmed edges. The other pair of strips 3 and 4 are joined together 2 at their upper ends and carry a hook Ill attached thereto, the hook l0 and eyelets 9 providing detachable fastening means between the two pairs of strips.

It will thus be seen that the long strips of each pair are not only attached to each other near the middle, but the longer strip of each pair crosses the shorter strip of the other pair and is fastened thereto between the point of intersection of the long strips and the lower ends of the long strips which carry the fasteners 1. Also the short strips extend beyond the points of intersection with the long strips and the lower portions of the short strips lie between the lower ends of the long strips.

The article is worn as indicated in Figures 1 and 2 by putting it around the waist, causing the parts of the strips 2 and 4 above the junction 5 to serve as a belt; and the belt is fastened by placing the hook H1 in one of the eyelets 9 on the strip 8. The strips I and 3 then pass from the back above the wearers hips and around to the tops of the stockings on the inner side of each leg, while the strips 2 and 4 cross over each other in front, pass downward and are fastened to the tops of the stockings on the outer sides of the legs. The article is thus worn independently of any other garment, always remains in position and is very comfortable. The position of the four strips is mostly at the front of the body, leaving the hips free and permitting movement of the legs and other parts of the body without gripping or binding or in any way interfering with the wearers movements, and yet the stockings are always held in the required positions.

When made ready for the wearer to put on, the article appears as in Figure 3, with the junction 5, near the middle of the strips 2 and 4, higher than the junctions of these strips with the remaining strips l and 3.

The garter belt thus supports the hose entirely from the middle of the wearers back; and at each side there are two strips l and 2, 3 and 4 which pass around the body above the hips to the front. The two strips at each side eliminate the risk that the garment support will slip down past the hips.

The strips l and 2, 3 and 4 may each be produced by. a single length of elastic folded, and connected at the bend to the strip 8 and the hook l0 respectively. The hook can be connected to the strips 3 and 4 by passing the strip through the eye of the hook and sewing across the two bands to prevent slipping. The labor of making is thus reduced.

Having described my invention, what I believe to be new is:

A garment supporter comprising two pairs of strips, each pair of strips consisting of a, longer and a shorter strip joined at one end and diverging from said end, means carried by said ends for detachably joining said pairs, the longer strip of each pair intersecting and afiixed to each other adjacent their mid-points, said longer strip of each pair also intersecting and being united to the shorter strip of the other pair of strips between said mid-points and the opposite end of,

beyond said last-named points of intersection, the

parts of the shorter strips beyond said last-named points extending between said longer strips.

' PAUL LAZARE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,056,898 Gray -n Oct. 6, 1936 Speller et al. May 4, 1948 

